The character Steve plays is fictional but based on the G Men who enforced English rule back in the early 1900s.

He said: “Basically he is an amalgamation of various G men characters, and he’s fictional, but we’ve been pretty accurate about what the G men did.

“They were around since the late 1800s, from the 1850s, I think they were found, they were basically the Dublin Metropolitan Police.

“There were divisions A to G, and A to F were all uniformed, and there were like cops on the beat, and G division were the plainclothes division, and they were the only ones that were actually armed so they were feared.”

Alongside his brother Joe, Steve is getting ready to release some new material with The Stunning - the band’s first original release since 1993.

Steve said: “We have a new single called Brighten Up My Life coming out next month. We have been doing gigs as The Stunning every year because people wanted to hear us so we just thought we had a wealth of material we hadn’t released and songs we never got recorded.

“So we’ve recorded a few songs - this will be our first single and then there could be a few more down the line.”

When he’s acting though, Steve ditches all thoughts of the band to make sure he gives 100 per cent to every role.

He said:”You have to just compartmentalize so if you are playing music you focus on that and the same with acting.